ARFORGEN Mobilization Plans Specialist
What you'd do
About the Position: Located at XVIII ABN Corps G-3, Fort Bragg North Carolina.
Major duties
Serves as an Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) Mobilization, Deployment, Redeployment and Demobilization (MDRD) Specialist at HQ XVIII Airborne Corps for policies, procedures and technical guidance and functions related to development. Conduct of XVIII Airborne Corps deployments, redeployments, and mobilization requirements. Plans, organizes, and directs team staff work to negotiate effectively with affected agencies to accept and implement recommendations to affect transforming Army and Army Command processes support mobilization/deployment within the ARFORGEN process. Maintains continuous liaison with FORSCOM and all units who the SC possesses Training Readiness and Oversight of to include other ASC and activities to facilitate action. Keep abreast of new or proposed changes to Army deployment, redeployment, readiness and mobilization processes.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Western Hemisphere Command employees with competitive status. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes Identifying and analyzing mobilization/deployment readiness. Managing command programs, to include developing, conducting mobilization, and deployment processes. Developing and implementing compliance readiness for operations; manning, training readiness procedures prioritizing mission requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
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